University of Wisconsin, Platteville based radio station WSUP has announced the return of their webcast punk and ska show. The Upbeats and Beatdowns is now available online for the first time in two years, every Wednesday night from 8 PM to 1 AM CST. More info can be found at the show’s Facebook and MySpace page.

The show airing tonight will feature an interview with Streetlight Manifesto along with a stream of the new live Dropkick Murphys record. A [[Rise Against] interview will air on the 24th of March, with the Murphys on-air for an interview on the 31st.
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If you could associate any one phrase with Minus The Bear it would have to be genre defying. Their usage of mind-blowing guitar tapping techniques, supported and smoothed out by a jazzy, laid back rhythmic section has had journalists and music critics alike stumped when attempting to determine a proper label for the Seattle natives. Punknews contributor Matt Pagirsky recently had a chance to talk to drummer Erin Tate about the forthcoming new album, their current label situation, the always-evolving Seattle scene they were bred from, and the real truth about the dirtiness of their comrades in Portugal. The Man.

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If you could associate any one phrase with Minus The Bear it would have to be genre defying. Their usage of mind-blowing guitar tapping techniques, supported and smoothed out by a jazzy, laid back rhythmic section has had journalists and music critics alike stumped when attempting to determine a proper label for the Seattle natives. Punknews contributor Matt Pagirsky recently had a chance to talk to drummer Erin Tate about the forthcoming new album, their current label situation, the always-evolving Seattle scene they were bred from, and the real truth about the dirtiness of their comrades in Portugal. The Man.

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Hardcore supergroup No Friends have booked an east coast tour alongside Deep Sleep that kicks off early next month.

The band, which features members of Municipal Waste, New Mexican Disaster Squad, Virgins, Gatorface and None More Black, will release a new 12″ EP in conjunction with the tour that’ll follow-up their 2009 debut.
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Alternative Press is hosting a stream of the new 7″ from Small Brown Bike, Composite Vol. 2, which was released yesterday and is the second in their 7″ series of new material for No Idea Records. The first, Composite, Vol. 1, was released last year. Check out the stream here.

Speaking of Composite, Vol. 1, AP is also hosting a video for “Hourglass,” a song from that record.
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When’s Lunch Records will be releasing the debut EP from Vancouver, BC punks The Split Ups this spring, in both vinyl and digital formats.

Some music can be heard at the band’s MySpace page.
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